Ricky Gervais scoops another Golden Globe
...as presenter Wanda Sykes makes a sly dig
12/01/2026 … Ricky Gervais won the 2025 Golden Globe for best performance in stand-up comedy last night – but did not fly to LA to collected it.
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Mon 12 January 2026
Harry Hill returns with a video podcast
Guests to include James Acaster, Stewart Lee and Ed Gamble,
12/01/2026 … Harry Hill is launching a video podcast.
Sun 11 January 2026
Piglets back for series 2
The week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
11/01/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Sue Perkins shares her Eternal Shame
...and Bridget Chrisite shares her Jacket Potato Pizza in this week's live comedy picks
11/01/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,840 events Chortle currently has listed.
Fri 09 January 2026
Netflix appoints its first UK head of comedy
Streamer indicates new commitment to the genre
09/01/2026 … Netflix has appointed its first UK head of comedy – signalling a bigger commitment to the genre.
John Mulaney calls off Minneapolis shows as tensions rise
Comic says it ‘didn’t sit right' to perform
09/01/2026 … American comic John Mulaney has called off his shows in Minneapolis this weekend after ICE agents killed Renee Nicole Good in the city.
Thu 08 January 2026
© BBC Studios Is this why the Mandy Christmas special was axed?
Comedy featured scenes with Vladimir Putin
08/01/2026 … More information has emerged about why the BBC may have pulled the Christmas special of Diane Morgan’s comedy Mandy at the last minute – but the revelation…
Russell Brand makes £4million a year
Profits revealed for the period rape claims first surfaaced
08/01/2026 … Russell Brand made £4million in the year multiple women made rape and sexual assault claims against him, Chortle can reveal.